In 2000, Belgian tech company Starlab collaborated with Walter Van Beirendonck for the i-Wear clothes. Van Beirendonck designed six different shirts that kept track of several databases. The prototypes were introduced on the catwalk during Van Beirendonck’s AW2000/2001 collection.
Every shirt had a different layer, there was a memory layer, a motion-sensing layer, a energy supply layer, a sound layer and a storage layer. Every layer had a purpose to fulfil specific functions. As an example the sound layer provides sound in- and output facilities, both in the collar and sleeve of the shirt. The motion-sensing layer keeps track of tue developments and movements in your environment. The layers should be worn on top of each other so that they could communicate with each other and their immediate environment by FAN technology (Fabric Area Network), a wireless network that enables the transmission of electronic data. follow on Instagram for more
